Romania's defense minister resigns in mix-up, but resignation still accepted

05.09.2017

Adrian Tutuianu resigned on Tuesday, saying that his ministry had run out of funds to pay salaries to the military. Within hours, the government said this information was incorrect, but by then his fate had been sealed.

Romania's Defense Minister Adrian Tutuianu put in his papers on Tuesday after saying that there weren't enough funds to pay the wages of military and defense staff.